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Shelter in place / filmed and directed by Zed Nelson ; producer, Hannah Patterson ; Channel 4 BritDoc Foundation ; Clarity Productions.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects--Texas--Port Arthur.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Liability for air pollution damages--Texas--Port Arthur.
- Liability for air pollution damages.
- Social responsibility of business--Texas--Port Arthur.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Poor--Health and hygiene--Texas--Port Arthur.
- Poor.
- Environmental health--Texas--Port Arthur.
- Environmental health.
- African Americans--Texas--Port Arthur.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (48 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [Vancouver, British Columbia] : [Distributed by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries Project], [2009]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- Summary:
- An intimate portrait of Port Arthur, Texas, a low-income community battling not only the health effects of environmental pollution, but the corporate powers that deny their responsibility. Viewers hear from the affected families, E.P.A. officials, an attorney who brought suit against the refineries, and petrochemical industry spokespeople.
- Credits:
- Film editor, John Mister.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Clarity Productions, ©2009.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 20, 2019).
- Publisher Number:
- gj-026a Docuseek2
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